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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1922

7,218 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 250

Following Clues Melbourne's Brutal Murder Police Detain Man Did Alma Tirtschke Scream ? MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 2

So far the police have not been able to trace the murderer of the girl Alma Tirtschke, who was outraged and throttled, and whoso body was found…

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Gun Alley Murder False Alarm in Sydney Yesterday Woman's Startling Story Investigated by Police

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 2

An unexpected development in the investigations into the ghastly murder of the 12-year-old girl, Alma Tirtksche, at Melbourne, occurred in Sydney…

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Single Girl's Baby Abandoned in a Church Mother & Daughter Charged Candid Confessions to the Police. Both Committed for Trial

Truth · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 8

The extraordinary conduct of a young mother in abandoning her in Caul and being assisted in so doing by her own mother was the subject of investigation…

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After the Dance Woman's Allegations Constable Charged Broken Hill

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 2

Henry Boyd Clark, aged 29, a police constable, appeared at the police court to-day, charged with having on January 2 criminally assaulted Pearl Head,…

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Leonard's Lass. Plans Her Own Elopement. Married Man Charged with Abduction

Truth · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 12

"Yes, it's me you should blame. I planned everything, bought the tickets, and booked the room for the two of us", said Ethel Maud Evans, a…

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Letters to the Police Detectives' Inquiry Yesterday

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 2

Increasing interest is felt locally in the murder of Alma Tirtechke, and Superintendent Bannsn (head of the C.I.B.), and the Inspector-General of…

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Esther Johnson's Baby Paternity Problem Settled. The Girl "A Cesspool of Moral Filth" Says Magistrate McCarthy

Truth · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 12

Magistrate McCarthy, in delivering judgement in Christchurch, New Zealand, in the Addington paternity case (Esther Johnson v. Samuel Needham), recently…

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Black Labor Danger to Commonwealth "Army of Police Required" MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 5

In the course of a long conversation with Mr. Peacock, the director of Government oil bores in the Northern Territory, the Minister for Home and…

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A Melbourne Murder. the Foul and Fiendish Killing of Alma Tirtschke. Nude Body of an Outraged Child Found. Theories Advanced That It Was the Crime of an Indian Police at Work but With No Result

Truth · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 7

Melbourne of all the cities of Australia, and despite all the disparagement of Sydney, emanating or manufactured in Melbourne, has always taken the…

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A Decoy Duck. Blackmailing a Wealthy Man. Girl's Candid Confession of a "Frame-Up." Faked Photographs of Bedroom Scene. Whole Gang Sent to Gaol

Truth · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 4

Astounding stories of blackmail are by so menus uncommon in communities possessing a number of rich men. Far too often, the victim "comes across"…

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A Master Keyman. Criminal Foils Police for Years. Is Finally "Jugged" And Details His Modus Operandi

Truth · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 10

"The Heathen Chinee" has for many years—ever since Bret Harte sang of him in fact—been looked upon as the perfect exemplar of "ways that are…

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A Curious Case. Marrickville Machinery Merchant. His Experiences With a Motor Car. Alleges Was Assaulted in Cell by Constable Magistrate Convicts of "Drank in Charge of Car"

Truth · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 7

At the Newtown Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. Giles' Shaw, S.M., Percy Robert King, a well-known and prominent resident of the district,…

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Four Months for Stealing

Evening News · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 5

Athol Roy Senior, 22, was at Newtown Police Court to-day sentenced to four months' hard labor on a charge of stealing a set of stocks and dies. valued at…

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Highwayman Reappears Sentence for Theft

The Sun · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 8

Athol Roy Senior, aged 22, who, according to the Police Prosecutor (Sergeant Leonard), had been sentenced six years ago to two years imprisonment…

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Tirtschke Murder. Sydney Investigations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 10

A statement regarding the death of Alma Tirtschke was volunteered to the Sydney police by a woman on Saturday. As a result, Detective Barclay went to a house at…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 5

Before the Registrar.—At 10.30 a.m.: Williamson v Cash. At 10.45 a.m.: Collins v Fraser Robertson…

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Billiard Saloons Character of Licensees Magistrate's Comment Young

The Sun · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 2

In giving judgment in an application before the Young Licensing Court for the transfer of a billiard saloon license at Harden the P.M. (Mr. W…

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Missing Motor Car Police Inquiring

Evening News · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 6

Inquiries are being made by the police about a five-seater ford car, value at £230, belonging to Mr. George Walker, It was taken from the front of Miss…

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Loss of £100 From St. Ignatius' College a Cook Charged

Evening News · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 3

The loss of £100 from St igna[?] Tollege, Riverview, was the subject of a charge against William James Pluke, at North Sydney Police Court…

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Victorian Murder Alma Tirtschke's Clothes Reward Increased Melbourne

The Sun · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 7

Keen as they have been in their investigation over since the discovery of the body of Alma Tirtschke in the blind lane off Gun Alley, the police…

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